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Mihir Oza
Issue date: 12/5/08 Section: Ed-Op
President-elect Barack Obama has changed the face of America. The conservatives of our country never fathomed the idea of a black chief executive, but frankly John McCain must have foreseen his loss a month before the election. Though for Republicans like myself, it's not easy to admit that Obama was by far the more ideal candidate for presidency.
He's clever, enthusiastic and his "Yes we can" motto has raised the morals of millions of Americans - white and black alike. As a country we revere him for his phenomenal oratory skills, but we must not overlook the economic crisis that has dawned across the globe in the past couple of months. Obama, fortunately an FDR enthusiast, will take control of America while we are in the midst of a recession. He'll have a lot on his plate, and it'll take more than his, as New York Times columnist Helene Cooper describes, "military-like cool and discipline" to bail this country out.
Come Jan. 20, 2009 Obama will take his seat and begin to fulfill his campaign promises to our lower- and middle-class families. Americans are eager for universal health care, the "Making Work Pay" tax credit for working families, fair trade to prevent outsourcing and a jumpstart to the economy by elimination of "all capital gains taxes on startup and small businesses" which shall create many new jobs for Americans, according to Obama's campaign web site. But most importantly, Americans want our troops out of Iraq, which was a Democratic promise that may have exclusively won them the election.
Obama ran his campaign as a disciplined diplomat, but judging by his selection of subordinates, it's clear that he realizes the dire need for combative men and women who are "all more hawkish than…the new president who will face them in the White House Situation Room," in the word of The New York Times' David Sanger. In November, Obama met with President Bush to discuss injecting a few billion dollars into the auto industry - particularly General Motors - whose shares recently tumbled "to 1946 prices, closing down 23 percent to $3.36" according to The New York Times. Albeit Bush is currently reluctant to abet the auto industry after already bailing out Wall Street, Obama urges to help out the collapsing auto makers.
He's clever, enthusiastic and his "Yes we can" motto has raised the morals of millions of Americans - white and black alike. As a country we revere him for his phenomenal oratory skills, but we must not overlook the economic crisis that has dawned across the globe in the past couple of months. Obama, fortunately an FDR enthusiast, will take control of America while we are in the midst of a recession. He'll have a lot on his plate, and it'll take more than his, as New York Times columnist Helene Cooper describes, "military-like cool and discipline" to bail this country out.
Come Jan. 20, 2009 Obama will take his seat and begin to fulfill his campaign promises to our lower- and middle-class families. Americans are eager for universal health care, the "Making Work Pay" tax credit for working families, fair trade to prevent outsourcing and a jumpstart to the economy by elimination of "all capital gains taxes on startup and small businesses" which shall create many new jobs for Americans, according to Obama's campaign web site. But most importantly, Americans want our troops out of Iraq, which was a Democratic promise that may have exclusively won them the election.
Obama ran his campaign as a disciplined diplomat, but judging by his selection of subordinates, it's clear that he realizes the dire need for combative men and women who are "all more hawkish than…the new president who will face them in the White House Situation Room," in the word of The New York Times' David Sanger. In November, Obama met with President Bush to discuss injecting a few billion dollars into the auto industry - particularly General Motors - whose shares recently tumbled "to 1946 prices, closing down 23 percent to $3.36" according to The New York Times. Albeit Bush is currently reluctant to abet the auto industry after already bailing out Wall Street, Obama urges to help out the collapsing auto makers.
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